Hi Frischbild,Quote:
Originally Posted by Frischbild
It seems your English is excellent, just like your pictures
Hope to see more photos. Thanks.
- Leigh
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Hi Frischbild,Quote:
Originally Posted by Frischbild
It seems your English is excellent, just like your pictures
Hope to see more photos. Thanks.
- Leigh
Hello Frischbild, and welcome to the forum.
You're fortunate to have such landscapes available to you, and you are treating them very well indeed. I'm curious whether the sign post at the foot of the spire is a caution to "hikers" to proceed with caution beyond this marker and be cognizant of falling rocks. :D
For me, the shadow area in the foreground, sweeping left and continuing to the top of the rock spire, combined (or working with) the shadow area coming in from the right, makes the composition powerful.Quote:
Chamonix H1, Rodenstock Grandagon 75mm/f4.5, Ilford Delta 100, T-max Dev.
Clouds would take away from the strength of this image. The atmospheric distance is well presented.
Thanks Leigh, Vaughn and Jerry!
Yes, I am grateful to live here in Switzerland. I love the mountains and I can not get enough of taking pictures of them :) But often it is also exhausting, the whole equipment together with tent and sleeping bag to tow up the mountain.
The sign at the mountain is a marker of the hiking trail. The path leads over the visible ridge in the image to this mark and from there left or right directly below the rock over. Fortunately, no stone fell down as I passed by. :D
Iran, Tehran, Firuzkuh, Panoral 45 camera, Schneider Super Angulon 90/5.6, Schneider IIIC center filter, Kodak E100VS 4x5in slide film.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1886/...8a3baf1c_b.jpg
I struggled finding the right angle for this shot for quite awhile. Didn't help that the thick grass or whatever would stick me like little lances if I wasn't careful, and I was climbing all in it. Shot two images from different vantage points and didn't like either of them. I was playing around with the second image and found a crop I liked better, from a horizontal 4x5 sheet to a vertical 3.5x3 image. Probably could still be improved with a more dynamic sky, but I never seem to get lucky with early-morning clouds. Will try again perhaps next time.
Gulf Islands National Seashore - Ocean Springs, MS
Chamonix 45n1, 65mm f/8 SA:
http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/pho...ast-1037ss.jpg
And cropping the top to a square is even nicer (just above the long horizontal branch). The receding oak(?) branches give a feeling of depth/distance without distracting from the forms of the lance-like grasses. I can see where this area can be difficult to work with.
Photographing down in the Grand Canyon, I jumped down only to stick a banana yucca (Yucca baccata) a half-inch so into my leg. Pulled my leg off the yucca and fortunately continued my hike for the next week with no problems from it. Could have been worse -- I could have stepped one of those cute pink rattlesnakes they have.
Thanks Vaughn for the suggestion. I will keep playing with it. I am really behind on DR printing so this will be in my "maybe" pile.
One of my favorites that I've seen of yours--I think you won't worry about the crop once you print it big.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Corran
At any rate, if we're having a "sharp things where they don't belong" contest, back on the farm I managed to step on a honey locust thorn while wearing sneakers--which then broke off flush with the sole. Made for a longish walk back up the hill for a pocketknife and a pair of pliers...
Beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by panoral
Great image. Makes me want to take a few more picture next time I'm in Switzerland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frischbild
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Lauenen, Switzerland
Chamonix F1, TX-320, Rodinal
Great composition and metering.Quote:
Originally Posted by angusparker
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La Vidémanette, Rougemont, Switzerland
Thank you. This is actually a photo of the final carbon print made with four digital negatives from the 4x5 image. Calvin Grier in Valencia, Spain is the printer. I would highly recommend him if you want to learn Carbon Printing.Quote:
Originally Posted by chassis
Ouch! Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by CreationBear
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by chassis
Panoral,
I second Chassis' description of this image as beautiful. In addition, the green of spring says the land is new again, while the tree and the animals are a reminder that its history is ancient. A nice double message.
Keith
Thank you very much. This photo was taken in a spring morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith Fleming
TMax 100, HC110B, Fujinon 135/5.6, Intrepid 4x5. Sandstone Bluffs Overlook at El Malpais National Monument.
Scan of 8x10 enlargement.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1877/...b8db5bae_c.jpgSandstone Bluffs001 by Joe Van Cleave, on Flickr
I take it the background is far away and much lower than where you are? My brain is jumping back and forth between that and a patch of dirt just beyond the place you are standing. Good to see your work again Joe.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeV
Steve;
Yes, the background is over 100 feet lower than the foreground. I used some forward tilt on the Intrepid, the bottom of the image is only a few feet from the tripod legs.
~Joe
Got around to printing this image from a couple weeks ago, and also toned it in thiourea. Here's a cell phone pic of it - printed on Ilford MGIV Glossy to 11x14 size, matted to 16x20:
http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/pho...eesepia1ss.jpg
Great atmospheric feel on that photo, Bryan!
Amazing image, Bryan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corran
This is dope! Love it. I love wide angles and I cannot lie, all those other lenses can't deny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corran
Thanks guys!
And yes - wide angles for life :).
Mohican State Park,
Loudonville, Ohio
https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1922/4...10df3099_c.jpg
Tachihara 8x10 + Nikkor-T 800mm f/12
Ilford HP5+ in Pyrocat HD
This is really fine! That faint detail in the trees just draws you in, a print in person would be stunning i’m Sure.
An unusual view with an 8x10. Very interesting.
Cuppola and water wheel, Echo Lake Park, Mountainside, NJ.
Canham DLC, Bogen (Congo) 180/6.3 lens, HP5+, Pyrocat, negative scan.
Short story behind this image. I'm trying to find the absolute minimum equipment package that will let me use my 4x5, as opposed to my usual Photobackpacker pack with 4 lenses, 6 film holders in a PB case, two meters, filters, Gitzo tripod, etc. I narrowed it down to my Canham, 2 holders in a plastic baggie, the Congo lens which is the most compact of my 6 lenses, a Sekonic L-308B incident meter (smaller than my favored Pentax Digital spot), a black T-shirt, and FLM Traveller tripod all of which fit into an unpadded messenger bag. I realized there was a park near my dentist's office, so I could combine an appointment with a "proof of concept." I discovered the stripped down kit was workable, with two inconveniences: the 180 is a bit longer than my most used 150mm lens, and I missed my little set of repair tools when I found out that a bellows hold-down on the Canham had loosened, and the light leaks cost me two negatives (so I needed one hand to hold the bellows securely to the front standard before pulling the slide).
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1962/...abffd621_c.jpgecholakepark-1 by Peter Lewin, on Flickr
https://www.wilmarcoimaging.com/img/...82567694-4.jpg
Indiana
Nikkor-SW 120/8
Kodak Ektar 100
That's almost a universal image, that could have just as easily been taken within minutes from my house on the other side of the pond.
It does still have quite a color cast to it, but that is easy enough to take out.
I love this! Have a grouse in flight arcing over the corn and you have a Van Gough!
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Originally Posted by mat4226
Bravo !
Matt, this is fantastic!Quote:
Originally Posted by mat4226
Lucky you to "catch" it.. I saw a few similar scenes two days ago, but every time it was blown away (literally) before I set up my camera... :(
Half Dome
Taken in ~1989 on TMAX 100. Cambo 4x5. Negative needed some work as I didn't have a split neutral density filter in those days.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1974/...83fa193d_z.jpg
Very nice image!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick50
From one of my favorite places in Washington State, taken in 1971 on a 10-day backpack trip with my new Sinar Norma. 8x10 print on Galerie. Info on negative is unavailable, since I wasn't into note-taking in those days; but from memory it was 4x5 Tri-X developed in D-76 (1+1), tray shuffling. I used a polarizer to remove a bit of surface reflection from the tarn to show the rocks underneath better which also darkened the sky a tad.
Ah, the legs we had back then!
Wonderful image -- have not been there...but a couple trips just to the north in the Glacier Peak Wilderness.
Outstanding photograph Jerry Bodine!
Thanks Vaughn & McCoy. That place is like a cathedral to me. Great subjects in any direction. I was very involved in the effort to get it officially designated as a Wilderness, and it finally happened in 1976. I also did the same shot in color with Ektachrome/E3, but it didn't have nearly the impact as b&w.
http://www.kennethleegallery.com/ima...018-10-02E.jpg
Massachusetts, October 2018
Sinar P, 150mm Rodenstock APO Sironar-S
4x5 Ilford FP4 Plus, D-23
Ken, that's a beauty. The inversion of the triangular road in the patch sky, for example, is just the kind of compositional thoroughness that distinguishes artists of your caliber. Also seen in the inverse directional echo of the single arching dead branch in the foreground in the two farther down the road. Of course, the little note of light way down the road is perfect, sort of like the sound of a triangle in an orchestra.
I almost always recognize an image by you before I see the name. You have a special feeling for tonality, and also a lovely color. It seems to be selenium toning. Do you have a single paper you prefer, or several from which you choose, depending on the image?
Thank you very much. I was lucky to stumble on that scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulophot
The images I post here are toned digitally: see How to Tone Monochrome Images with Photoshop and GIMP
I currently scan my negatives and make inkjet prints using Piezography Pro: see http://www.kennethleegallery.com/htm...x.php#PiezoPro.
No surprise to you, I originally wanted to emulate the look of Paul Strand's images.
My current inkjet prints look a lot like my 1970's prints on Selenium-Toned Portriga Rapid. There are few current prints at the bottom of this page: Printing Custom Paper Sizes in Print-Tool 2 They are iPhone photos of prints, so the color is a bit exaggerated, but they convey the basic look.
http://www.kennethleegallery.com/ima...004-09-07Q.jpg
Massachusetts, September 2004
Arca-Swiss Explorer, 240mm Fujinon A
4x5 TMY, D-76
Outstanding, Ken. Time and place are palpable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Lee
This is very nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick50
Jeju Korea, Lotus 5x7, Hermagis Aplanatigmat 210mm f6.8, HP5+
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1957/...650df3c2_h.jpg
I love this!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick50
You have controlled the tones wonderfully.